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machines. One pilot secured two records, namely, the greatest number of hours 

 for the first year's flying, that is 798.45 hours, and the Service record of 18.10 

 hours in one day. 



Another first year pilot secured third place in the individual record for the 

 year's flying — 731.20 hours. 



These first year pilots proved by the convincing manner in which they 

 performed their duties, to be worthy pilots of the Service and fully justified the 

 confidence placed in them by the instructors and superintendents. 



Some 529.20 hours were devoted to instruction, a decrease of 129.25 hours 

 compared with last year's figures. 



Fourteen students received instruction, of which six received licenses, three 

 took a refresher course for commercial license, four did not complete training 

 and one was failed as not being up to standard. Four of the six who were 

 awarded pilots' licenses already held their air engineers' license and have been 

 with the Service for some time in the capacity of Air Engineers. 



It is the policy of the Service to train a limited number of engineers each 

 year to become pilots, with the ultimate intention of producing a full complement 

 of pilot engineers. 



A glowing tribute was paid to the pupils by the Superintendent of Air 

 Regulations, Ottawa, who gave them their final examination. An extract from 

 the summary of his report reads as follows: 



"It is desired to congratulate the instructors responsible for the good 



showing made on these written examinations, since the marks obtained are 



considerably above the average on these subjects. 



"Flying tests were given to six new pilots and all were successful in 



passing. In particular, the exhibition of flying by two pupils on H.S.2. L. 



aircraft was excellent." 

 Followed by further comment during the operating season, as follows: 



"Certainly the 1930 graduates reflect most favourably upon your 



training and I am glad to know that I was not carried away by my 



enthusiasm when I told you that they were among the finest boat pilots I 



had ever examined." 



Special Flights. 



Hitherto all flying of this nature was recorded under the heading "Special 

 Transportation." It is thought that the word "transportation" covers so wide 

 a range that it is likely to be confusing and that it is not an appropriate word 

 to cover this type of transportation. To obviate any tendency towards error 

 or misunderstanding the word "transportation" was cancelled and "flight" 

 substituted. 



The 247.45 hours devoted to this work involved a variety of flights, such as 

 conveying Government officials to various parts of the Province, sick and injured 

 to hospital, doctors to attend sick and police officials to investigations. 



Conclusion. 



The Service suffered the loss of one machine during the past season — the 

 Hamilton at Port Arthur. 



This Hamilton which was on loan to the Service was crashed at Port Arthur, 

 under the circumstances as previously stated, becoming a total wreck and causing 

 the death of the pilot. 



